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Washoe County, NV

498,022 Population
6,315.9 square miles 78.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.1 ±0.4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Nevada: 39.4 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$48,132 ±$2,167 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Nevada: $40,463 ±$667
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$84,183 ±$2,401 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Nevada: $76,364 ±$1,451
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

9.7% ±1.2% (47,711  ±5,846) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Nevada: 12% 377,506 (±0.7% / ±20,633)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

22.5 minutes ±0.8 (5,021,890  ±220,128) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Nevada: 25.5 34,785,884 (±0.4 / ±641,850)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

201,140 ±2,888 Number of households
  • Nevada: 1,224,685 ±6,784
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.4 ±0 (490,838  ±59) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Nevada: 2.6 3,159,083
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

4.3% ±1.1% (4,936  ±1,301) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Nevada: 5.3% † 39,429 (±0.6% / ±4,111)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

223,813 ±53 Number of housing units
  • Nevada: 1,348,248 ±137
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$545,100 ±$15,562 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Nevada: $441,100 ±$3,838
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

13.8% ±1.4% (67,915  ±6,795.3) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Nevada: 14.6% 462,681 (±0.7% / ±20,782.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

90.4% ±2.7% (319,869  ±9,435.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Nevada: 87.7% 1,976,949 (±1.1% / ±25,260.1)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
35.3% ±1.6% (124,911  ±5,685.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Nevada: 28.7% 647,151 (±0.6% / ±14,186.1)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

14.2% (70,610  ±5,763) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Nevada: 19.3% 614,779
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

7.1% ±0.6% (27,884  ±2,538) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Nevada: 7.7% 191,300 (±0.3% / ±7,132)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
27,884 Total veterans ±2,538 25,811 Male ±2,401 2,073 Female ±744

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